Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader has always had a favorable view of Mitch McConnell. It was with great interest that your Maximum Leader watched for Kentucky results on Election Day. He wanted to see if McConnell would win another term in the Senate (and by winning keep his position as Minority Leader). McConnell did win. And now he appears to be the most important Republican in Washington now.

Did you see George Will’s piece on McConnell today? Will concludes:

McConnell is Kentucky’s most important politician since Henry Clay, “the Great Compromiser.” Clay’s attempts to defuse the sectional crisis rooted in slavery failed, but they bought time for Northern strength — in population and industrial muscle — to become sufficient to save the nation. McConnell, too, has the patience that politics repays and that the Republican recuperation might require.

Your Maximum Leader agrees with this sentiment. We’ll see what happens.

Carry on.